Quinn vows to thwart 'unfair' budget amendment targeting law school

Tuesday

A Beacon Hill backer of a controversial plan to launch a state law school is vowing to beat back what he calls a last-ditch effort to kill it.

A Beacon Hill backer of a controversial plan to launch a state law school is vowing to beat back what he calls a last-ditch effort to kill it.

State Rep. John Quinn (D-Dartmouth) said a proposed House budget amendment to bar the proposed University of Massachusetts law school in his district from receiving any taxpayer money is “an attempt by the insiders in Boston to scuttle this school.”

“People who opposed this didn’t like it, so they’re doing this,” Quinn said, adding that the move is “unfair.”

“If this applies to this (school), it should apply to every graduate program in the system,” Quinn said.

The proposed amendment by state Rep. Stephen Tobin (D-Quincy) would force the new state law school to be funded only by tuition and fees. The state auditor would have to sign off each year that no taxpayer funds went to the school.

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